544.275. State correctional facilities may be used for certain civil or criminal proceedings not requiring a jury. - Missouri Statutes

State correctional facilities may be used for certain civil orcriminal proceedings not requiring a jury.

544.275. When a person committed to the department ofcorrections is a defendant in a criminal or civil proceedingother than jury trials, or a plaintiff in a civil proceedingother than a jury trial, or the movant in a postconvictionproceeding, such proceeding may in the discretion of the judge beheard within a correctional facility of the department ofcorrections.

(L. 1981 H.B. 223 § 1, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1340 & 1348, A.L. 1990 H.B. 974)

(1987) Use of video hookup between courtroom and facility of dept. of corrections not authorized by statute prior to 1988 amendment. State ex rel. Turner v. Kinder, 740 S.W.2d 654 (Mo.banc).